Chinese Proverbs
Chinese Proverbs are famous sayings taken from literature, history, and famous philosophers, scholars and sages.
There are hundreds of Chinese proverbs addressing all aspects of life – from education and work, to personal goals and relationships.
Never Give Up
Here is a list of ancient Chinese proverbs:
One who rides a tiger must continue to go fast.
The swallow does not understand the intention of the stork.
When two partners have one mind, its sharpness cuts through metal.
To exhibit a sheep's head and sell a dog's flesh.
A good bird selects the tree for its nest.
Try to put out a fire with fuel in hand.
Good swimmers die in water and good riders in shooting.
A year's opportunities depend on the spring, a day's on the dawn.
Spilled water cannot be gathered up again; a broken mirror cannot again reflect.
While keeping a tiger from the front door, a wolf enters by the back door.
To conceal a needle in one's smile.
The moth which dashes into the flame burns itself.
Man's life is like a candle in the wind.
Year after year flowers look the same, Year after year men are different.
A tiger leaves behind him his skin, a man his reputation.
One's good deeds are known only inside the gate, one's bad deeds a thousand miles away.
Faithful words displease the ear, and beneficial drugs are bitter in the mouth.
It is easier to fill up a valley than to satisfy the mind of man.
Calamity and fortune alternate like the spiral strands of a rope.
To foul the spring and expect the stream to be pure.
Rotten fish generate grubs.
Without going you can get nowhere; without doing you can do nothing.
If you do not enter a tiger's den you cannot get his cubs.
The man is equal to any task who can subsist on cabbage stalks.
It is easier to know how to do than to do it.
When you shoot (the enemy), first shoot his horse; when you capture the rebel, capture the chief.
A thousand soldiers are easier to get than one general.
Ripe melons drop without plucking.
Gold is tested by fire, man by gold.
You need not use a great blade (literally, a beef-knife) to carve a fowl.
One who chases deer does not see the mountain.
Water obeys the shape of the vessel, square or round.
A bird does not sing because it has an answer. It sings because it has a song.
A bit of fragrance always clings to the hand that gives you roses.
A book is like a garden carried in the pocket.
A fall into a ditch makes you wiser.
A gem cannot be polished without friction, nor a man perfected without trials.
A good fortune may forebode a bad luck, which may in turn disguise a good fortune.
A single conversation across the table with a wise man is worth a month’s study of books.
A single spark can set a prairie on fire.
A smile will gain you ten more years of life.
A wise man makes his own decisions, an ignorant man follows the public opinion.
Be not afraid of growing slowly, be afraid only of standing still.
Behind an able man there are always other able men.
Better to light a candle than to curse the darkness.
Clear conscience never fears midnight knocking.
Deal with the faults of others as gently as with your own.
Flowers leave some of their fragrance in the hand that bestows them.
Give a man a fish and you feed him for a day. Teach a man to fish and you feed him for a lifetime.
He who asks a question is a fool for five minutes he who does not ask a question remains a fool forever.
He who hurries can not walk with dignity.
He who knows patience knows peace.
If you always give, you will always have.
If you are patient in one moment of anger, you will escape a hundred days of sorrow.
If you get up one more time than you fall, you will make it through.
If you grow a man’s self worth, he will have a lifetime of prosperity.
If you think too long on your next step, you will end up in life standing on one leg.
If you want a year of prosperity, grow grain: 10 years of prosperity, grow trees: 100 years of prosperity, grow people.
In the midst of great joy, do not promise anyone anything. In the midst of great anger, do not answer anyone’s letter.
It is better to be a small stream, than a deep ditch.
It is better to light one candle than to curse the darkness.
It is better to take many small steps in the right direction, than to make a great leap forward, only to stumble backward.
Better return home and
make a net than stand on the bank and regard the fishes with longing
eyes.
When the arrow is on the string it must go.
One who rides a tiger must continue to go fast.
The swallow does not understand the intention of the stork.
When two partners have one mind, its sharpness cuts through metal.
To exhibit a sheep's head and sell a dog's flesh.
A good bird selects the tree for its nest.
Try to put out a fire with fuel in hand.
Good swimmers die in water and good riders in shooting.
A year's opportunities depend on the spring, a day's on the dawn.
Spilled water cannot be gathered up again; a broken mirror cannot again reflect.
While keeping a tiger from the front door, a wolf enters by the back door.
To conceal a needle in one's smile.
The moth which dashes into the flame burns itself.
Man's life is like a candle in the wind.
Year after year flowers look the same, Year after year men are different.
A tiger leaves behind him his skin, a man his reputation.
One's good deeds are known only inside the gate, one's bad deeds a thousand miles away.
Faithful words displease the ear, and beneficial drugs are bitter in the mouth.
It is easier to fill up a valley than to satisfy the mind of man.
Calamity and fortune alternate like the spiral strands of a rope.
To foul the spring and expect the stream to be pure.
Rotten fish generate grubs.
Without going you can get nowhere; without doing you can do nothing.
If you do not enter a tiger's den you cannot get his cubs.
The man is equal to any task who can subsist on cabbage stalks.
It is easier to know how to do than to do it.
When you shoot (the enemy), first shoot his horse; when you capture the rebel, capture the chief.
A thousand soldiers are easier to get than one general.
Ripe melons drop without plucking.
Gold is tested by fire, man by gold.
You need not use a great blade (literally, a beef-knife) to carve a fowl.
One who chases deer does not see the mountain.
Water obeys the shape of the vessel, square or round.
A bird does not sing because it has an answer. It sings because it has a song.
A bit of fragrance always clings to the hand that gives you roses.
A book is like a garden carried in the pocket.
A fall into a ditch makes you wiser.
A gem cannot be polished without friction, nor a man perfected without trials.
A good fortune may forebode a bad luck, which may in turn disguise a good fortune.
A single conversation across the table with a wise man is worth a month’s study of books.
A single spark can set a prairie on fire.
A smile will gain you ten more years of life.
A wise man makes his own decisions, an ignorant man follows the public opinion.
Be not afraid of growing slowly, be afraid only of standing still.
Behind an able man there are always other able men.
Better to light a candle than to curse the darkness.
Clear conscience never fears midnight knocking.
Deal with the faults of others as gently as with your own.
Flowers leave some of their fragrance in the hand that bestows them.
Give a man a fish and you feed him for a day. Teach a man to fish and you feed him for a lifetime.
He who asks a question is a fool for five minutes he who does not ask a question remains a fool forever.
He who hurries can not walk with dignity.
He who knows patience knows peace.
If you always give, you will always have.
If you are patient in one moment of anger, you will escape a hundred days of sorrow.
If you get up one more time than you fall, you will make it through.
If you grow a man’s self worth, he will have a lifetime of prosperity.
If you think too long on your next step, you will end up in life standing on one leg.
If you want a year of prosperity, grow grain: 10 years of prosperity, grow trees: 100 years of prosperity, grow people.
In the midst of great joy, do not promise anyone anything. In the midst of great anger, do not answer anyone’s letter.
It is better to be a small stream, than a deep ditch.
It is better to light one candle than to curse the darkness.
It is better to take many small steps in the right direction, than to make a great leap forward, only to stumble backward.
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